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“It's better to hang out with people better than you, ... Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.”
Warren Buffett
“One of the largest influences on human beings is the people with whom you spend your time. Find a group of winners; people who celebrate success and will help you to achieve the life you desire.”
Troy Fontana
“[The Hillsborough County Commission probably isn't gearing up to celebrate this, but the American Library Association kicks off its Banned Books Week on Saturday with a special effort to raise awareness of attacks on gay- and lesbian-themed books, like three on this year's] 10 Most Banned ... The voices and stories of gays and lesbians cannot be silenced in our culture or on our bookshelves.”
Michael Gorman
“It's so ironic that I'll forever be associated with that time because I hated being a teenager, ... I felt under siege. It was an enormous gift to be given those insightful, powerful words. I felt I was taking a megaphone and roaring, 'It's awful.' It was very cathartic.”
Claire Danes
“If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable”
Jean de la Bruyere
“An idea is a feat of association.”
Robert Frost
“We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates”
Denis Diderot
“A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Associate reverently, and as much as one can with our loftiest thoughts”
Henry David Thoreau
“I heard my name associated with the Peter Pan syndrome more than once. But really, what's so wrong with Peter Pan? Peter Pan flies. He is a metaphor for dreams and faith.”
Mark Burnett
